Sixties Cherry Soul Machine With Serious ES Power
If you love that airy, singing ES thing but want a guitar that holds up to modern stages and studios, this Gibson ES-345 Sixties Cherry hits the sweet spot. It’s all the chime, bloom, and midrange punch you expect from a classic semi-hollow, with upscale 345 appointments and rock-solid tuning and intonation.
Maple Centerblock For Punch, Sustain, And Control
The body is 3-ply maple and poplar over a solid maple centerblock, so you get that semi-hollow resonance without runaway feedback when things get loud. Notes jump off the fretboard with a quick attack, then bloom into a rich, singing sustain that makes chords feel huge and single notes feel vocal. Quarter-sawn Adirondack spruce bracing keeps the top lively and responsive. Real talk, it’s the kind of acoustic resonance that makes you want to keep playing between takes.
Upscale 345 Looks
Visually, this is the classy side of rock and roll. The Sixties Cherry gloss nitrocellulose finish has that deep, transparent red that screams vintage Gibson. Multi-ply body binding and a bound rosewood board with acrylic Split Parallelogram inlays set it apart from a standard 335. Under stage lights or in the studio, it looks every bit as high-end as it sounds.
Calibrated T-Types and Hand-Wired Guts
The calibrated T-Type humbuckers are voiced for clarity, bite, and warmth, not muddy blanket tone. The neck pickup is fat and smooth for jazz, soul, and liquid lead work, while the bridge has enough grit and cut to handle classic rock or pushed blues without getting harsh. Inside, you get a fully hand-wired harness with Orange Drop capacitors, so your volume and tone controls are musical across their entire range.
Effortless Rounded ‘C’ Neck
The mahogany neck has Gibson’s rounded ‘C’ profile, which feels substantial in your hand without turning into a baseball bat. The 12-inch radius rosewood fingerboard and medium jumbo frets make bends feel buttery and smooth, while chords stay comfortable all the way up the neck. At around 8 pounds, this ES-345 feels solid and balanced on a strap.
